Recent content by CharlieFarmer

Thanks for your help, I hadn’t thought of that and it makes good sense. I’m backing up as we speak and I’ll try to start again from a USB installation in the next few hours.

Hi everyone, I really need some help! I built a new system yesterday with an MSI Z690 Tomahawk and I managed to install windows fine on a new M.2 NVMe yesterday and get up and running. I entered BIOS today and used MSI Secure Erase+ to format my second SATA Samsung QVO SSD. Since doing so...

Hey everyone, I have an ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Motherboard and the USB3.0 Header Cable is notoriously stiff. The problem is that the USB Header is right next to the PCIe 3.0 Slot and the header is the only one on the board, due to it being mATX. My graphics card which I have ordered is arriving on...

Okay, thanks for the reply but because the motherboard is mATX it only has one USB3 header. Obviously the two front ports share the one cable and one works, one doesn't so it makes me wonder whether that's the problem. Although, maybe the cable is faulty because one sector of it has gone. Also...

Hey everyone, recently put together my first ever build about 3 weeks ago and all was going well until today I had to plug in my USB3 Memory Stick for a file transfer and it wasn't being recognised in one of the front ports. I have a Corsair Obsidian 350D case and an ASRock Z87 Extreme4...

Thanks very much, IMetJesus, it's all done and dusted now. Thanks for the help with the fan information also!

Hey everyone, I started to build up my system today in an Obsidian 350D Case with an ASRock Z87M Extreme4. I was getting to cable management and it was going well, then I tried to route the USB 3.0 Cable from the front I/O panel to the motherboard connector. This is my first build and I have no...

Hey guys. I'm new to TH and I'm looking to build my first Gaming PC due to getting sick of consoles and their last-gen tech. I'm looking to buy one HD 7770 for the timebeing, but in the near future will purchase a second and CrossFire them. Will an AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition bottleneck...